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- .so man.macros
- .HS Tcl_UpVar tclc 7.4
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- Tcl_UpVar, Tcl_UpVar2 \- link one variable to another
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
- .sp
- int
- \fBTcl_UpVar(\fIinterp, frameName, sourceName, destName, flags\fB)\fR
- .sp
- int
- \fBTcl_UpVar2(\fIinterp, frameName, name1, name2, destName, flags\fB)\fR
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS Tcl_VarTraceProc prevClientData
- .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
- Interpreter containing variables; also used for error reporting.
- .AP char *frameName in
- Identifies the stack frame containing source variable.
- May have any of the forms accepted by
- the \fBupvar\fR command, such as \fB#0\fR or \fB1\fR.
- .AP char *sourceName in
- Name of source variable, in the frame given by \fIframeName\fR.
- May refer to a scalar variable or to an array variable with a
- parenthesized index.
- .AP char *destName in
- Name of destination variable, which is to be linked to source
- variable so that references to \fIdestName\fR
- refer to the other variable. Must not currently exist except as
- an upvar-ed variable.
- .AP int flags in
- Either TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY or 0; if non-zero, then \fIdestName\fR is
- a global variable; otherwise it is a local to the current procedure
- (or global if no procedure is active).
- .AP char *name1 in
- First part of source variable's name (scalar name, or name of array
- without array index).
- .AP char *name2 in
- If source variable is an element of an array, gives the index of the element.
- For scalar source variables, is NULL.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- \fBTcl_UpVar\fR and \fBTcl_UpVar2\fR provide the same functionality
- as the \fBupvar\fR command: they make a link from a source variable
- to a destination variable, so that references to the destination are
- passed transparently through to the source.
- The name of the source variable may be specified either as a single
- string such as \fBxyx\fR or \fBa(24)\fR (by calling \fBTcl_UpVar\fR)
- or in two parts where the array name has been separated from the
- element name (by calling \fBTcl_UpVar2\fR).
- The destination variable name is specified in a single string; it
- may not be an array element.
- .PP
- Both procedures return either TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR, and they
- leave an error message in \fIinterp->result\fR if an error
- occurs.
- .PP
- As with the \fBupvar\fR command, the source variable need not exist;
- if it does exist, unsetting it later does not destroy the link. The
- destination variable may exist at the time of the call, but if so
- it must exist as a linked variable.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- linked variable, upvar, variable
-